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Synonyms of braggart
(Entry 1 of 2)
someone who boasts
- a braggart who was always talking about how much money he made
Synonyms for braggart
- blower,
- blowhard,
- boaster,
- brag,
- braggadocio,
- bragger,
- cockalorum,
- cracker
- [chiefly dialect],
- gascon,
- gasconader,
- swaggerer,
- vaunter
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braggart
adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of braggart (Entry 2 of 2)
as in boastful, cocky
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for braggart
- assured,
- biggety
- (or biggity)
- [Southern & Midland],
- bigheaded,
- complacent,
- conceited,
- consequential,
- egoistic
- (also egoistical),
- egotistic
- (or egotistical),
- important,
- overweening,
- pompous,
- prideful,
- proud,
- self-conceited,
- self-important,
- self-opinionated,
- self-satisfied,
- smug,
- stuck-up,
- swellheaded,
- vain,
- vainglorious
- arrogant,
- assumptive,
- bumptious,
- cavalier,
- chesty,
- disdainful,
- fastuous,
- haughty,
- high-and-mighty,
- high-hat,
- huffy,
- lofty,
- lordly,
- masterful,
- peremptory,
- pontifical,
- self-asserting,
- self-assertive,
- snobbish,
- snobby,
- snooty,
- supercilious,
- superior,
- toplofty
- (also toploftical),
- uppish,
- uppity
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- holier-than-thou,
- pretentious
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for braggart
- bashful,
- demure,
- introverted,
- mousy
- (or mousey),
- overmodest,
- retiring,
- sheepish,
- shrinking,
- shy
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The first known use of braggart was circa 1577
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